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Tunes For Tuesday – Arthur Brown “Fire”

The New American Digest Posted on January 14, 2025 by DTFebruary 4, 2025

I want to try this out as a regular "feature". I have a very weird span in taste of music; thought I'd share some tunes I enjoy on Tuesdays.
Why Tuesday? "Tunes For Monday" just doesn't have the same ring.

Some you may like, some you may not, some you may not of ever heard of

My first selection was picked for its timely appropriateness.

Not that I have any sympathy for LA - but there's a lot of people there that don't deserve this
... mixed in with way too many of those that voted for it, profited from their vote, and deserve every bit of it.

And I was lying in the grass
By a river
And as I lay, the grass turned to sand
And the river turned to a sea
And suddenly the sea burst into flames
And the sand was burning
And I breathed in
And there was smoke in my lungs
And there was fire in my brain!
And I looked around me
And there were all these shapes being sucked into the flames
And they were rising and trying to escape
And I knew that I had to get out
And I looked above me and I saw a shape
That was smiling down at me and beckoning, saying
"Come on home!"
And I raised myself and I tried to get outta the flames
And I was getting higher and higher and higher and higher
And I reached out towards the shape
And as I reached out the shape shed
And my hands were empty!
And I was falling!
I was falling
Falling
Falling
I was falling into the flames
And I knew that I was gonna burn!
I was gonna burn!
Oh it's so hot in here!
Let me out! please!


You fought hard and you saved and earned
But all of it's going to burn
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've really been so blind
Now's your time, burn your mind
You're falling far, too far behind
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
You're gonna burn

Fire, to destroy all you've done
Fire, to end all you've become
I'll feel you burn

You've been living like a little girl
In the middle of your little world
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've really been so blind
Now's your time, burn your mind
You're falling far, too far behind

Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
You're gonna burn
You're gonna burn
You're gonna burn, burn, burn, burn,
burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, bu

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Gerard Van der Leun
12/26/45 - 1/27/23


Gerard's Last Post
(posthumous): Feb 4, 2023
"So Long. See You All a Little Further Down the Road"

When my body won’t hold me anymore
And it finally lets me free
Where will I go?
Will the trade winds take me south through Georgia grain?
Or tropical rain?
Or snow from the heavens?
Will I join with the ocean blue?
Or run into a savior true?
And shake hands laughing
And walk through the night, straight to the light
Holding the love I’ve known in my life
And no hard feelings

Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings

The following was posted along with the announcement of Gerard's passing.
Leonard Cohen - Going Home

For a 2005 interview with Gerard


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  1. DT on On A Kinder NoteJuly 9, 2025

    I forget exactly where but I believe it's east of the divide and north of Denver. Maybe up CO127 just…

  2. DT on On A Kinder NoteJuly 9, 2025

    Let you know tomorrow

  3. ghostsniper on Getting CloserJuly 9, 2025

    Epstein killed hisself because of lack of evidence?

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    My eyes went first to the two rock domes, they look granitic, so I guessed the South Platte area. But…

  5. SK on On A Kinder NoteJuly 9, 2025

    Yup. Another great song. Will you be carrying your saddle?


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